Stencil



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G. J. EVANS v STENCIL Filed Nov. 20, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet l Apr. 17, 1923. 1,451,816 l G. J. EVANS lSTENCIL Filed Nov. 20, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ZZarne 51.51

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GUY JT. EVANS, 0F BUFFALD, NEW YORK.

STENCIL. l

Application led November 20, 1920. Serial No. 425,359.

L7 1o all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GUY J. EVANS, a citizen of the United States, residing lat Buffalo, in the county of Erie and Stateof New York, have invented new and useful lmprovements in Stencils, of which the following is a specification.

lllhis invention relates to stencils of the type whereby addresses may be printed on letters, cards or similar articles.

One of the objects of this invention is to so construct the stencil that the frame and stencil or printing sheet may be readily assembled and dismembered so as to permit of using the same frame with different printing sheets and effect a saving in material when discarding an obsolete stencil or printing sheet and substituting an active one.

Another object of this invention is to provide simple and eiiicient means for combining with the printing sheet renewable means for keeping a record in connection with the name of the party whose address is represented on the stencil.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a form of my invention in which a renewable printing sheet is combined with a 'renewable record sheet, and adapted to be fed by hand to a stenciling machine. Figure 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section thereof taken on line 2-2, Fig. l. Figures 3, 4t and 5 are perspective views of the parts of the stencil and record sheet shown in Figs. l and 2 detached, Fig. i being reverse to the position shown in Fig. l. Figure 6 is a similar view showing a stencil in which the record sheet is per manently connected with a frame having a renewable printing sheet and designed more particularly to be fed automatically in a stencilling machine. Figure 7 is an enlarfred longitudinal section taken on line 7 2, Fig. 6. Figures 8 and 9 are perspective views of the frame and stencil or printing sheet of the stencil shown in Figs. 6

and 7. Figures 10, l1 and 12 are perspective views of modified forms of stencils embodyi my invention.

` imilar characters of reference refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to Figs. L5, 20 represents the main frame of the stencil which may be constructed of comparatively stiff paper or similar material and provided in its upper part with a printing opening 2l while its lower part is extended, as shown at 22, to

form a support for a record sheet as will presently appear. The stencil frame and its supporting extension are preferably of rectangular form as shown, although the same may be of other suitable dimensional outlines, if desired.

@n opposite ends of the lower part of the frame the same is provided with laterally projecting locking lips, hooks or lugs 23 which areformed integrally with the frame by cutting lthem out of the same sheet of material from which the frame and supporting extension is made. Furthermore, these lips are arranged within the dimensional lines of the frame so that the general rectangular form of the same is preserved, which permits of readily piling the same and also feeding them to a stencil printing apparatus. Detachably mounted on the front side of the stencil frame is a stencil or printing sheet which in the form shown in Figs. l, 2 and l consists ofa supplemental frame or border 24 of strong but flexible material and a panel 25 of thin stencilizable material extending over the border and secured at its margin thereto by cement or otherwise, thereby permitting the perforated printing address 26 or other matter to be formed on the panel by an ordinary typewriter while the stencil sheet is bent around the platen of the same.

0n opposite ends of its lower part the printing or stencil sheet is provided with two openings or slits 27 with which the lips of the frame are adapted to engage for detachably connecting the same. rlhe engagement of the lips 23 with the openings 27 and the disengagement therefrom is easily eifected by slightly bending the frame to the requisite extent to permit its lips to enter and leave said openings when desired.

Upon the supporting extension of the frame is detaehably mounted one or more record sheets 28 upon which transactions may be entered relating to the account or other information of the person or concern whose address is represented on the stencil sheet Each of these record sheets has its upper part arranged between the frame and the stencil sheet and is detachably connected with the same by providing opposite edges` of the upper part of the record sheet with notches 29 which receive the lips 23 of the frame. This. permits the record sheets to be mounted or unmounted in their entirety, but iii desired each record sheet when iilled lil U with data may be torn o along the line leaving its stub attached to the stencil frame. The supporting extension of the frame is preferably providedi with an opening 31 through which may be read the name or address on the back of the recording sheet and thus facilitate tiling away the slips of the sheets for future reference.'

This form of stencil is more particularly designed to be fed to a printing apparatus by hand but the same may be otherwise presented to the printing apparatus if desired.

By detachably connecting the stencil sheet and the frame in the manner indicated these two members are securely interlocked when assembled so that they cannot become displacednelatively to each other when used. It also permits the same frame to be used with different stencil sheets .thereby enabling an obsolete stencil sheet to bediscarded and the same frame used with a new active stencil sheet and effecting a considerable economy. The same frame can also be indefinitely replenished with accountl slips or record sheets.

In Figs. 6-9 is shown a form of stencil embodying my invention which is more particularly designed to be fed automatically in a stencil printing apparatus. For this purpose the upper edge of the stencil frame 32 and the lower edge of the downward eXtension 33 thereon are provided with thickening strips 34 which preferably consist of ianges or `flaps formed integrally from the same piece of material constituting the frame and extension and secured in a folded position on the saine by glue or other suitable cement. These strips therefore impart the requisite thickness to the stencil to permit the feed mechanism of an automatic stenciling machine to operate on the same. In this construction the record of transactions pertainingto the party represented by the inscription on the stencil sheet may be entered directly on the extension 38 and when the same has been filled it may be replaced by a new one, thus saving the stencil sheet. In this construction the stencil sheet having the address perforations may be replaced by another when this becomes necessary by reason'of a change in address or other circumstance, thus saving the cost of replacing the frame and` record extension thereof, In this construction the locking openings 35 are formed on the supplemental frame or border of the stencil sheet at opposite ends of the opening 36 therein and the stencilizable sheet or panel 37 extends across the front side of this supplemental frame from end to end thereof and over the opening 36. In order to permit the hooks or lips 38 at opposite edges of the stencil main frame to engage with the locking openings 35, the panel 37 is only secured to the supplemental frame at its longitudinal edges leaving the transverse edges thereof unattached so that the hooks or lips 8S of the main frame are free to pass between the transverse edge portions of the supplemental frame and the panel, as shown in Fig. 7.

If desired, the record receiving extension shown in Figs. 6 and 8 may be omitted, as shown in Fig. 10, in which case the main frame 39 of the stencil is made comparatively narrow and the longitudinal edge portions of this main frame are provided on opposite sides of the stencil sheet with thickening strips 40 to enable the stencil to be used in an automatic stencil printing machine.

Instead o-f extending the stencilizable panel lengthwise over the supplemental frame and covering the locking openings therein, this panel, as shown at 4l in Fig. 1l, may extend transversely over the same and thus avoid covering the locking openings 42 in the supplemental frame 43 which are engaged by the hooks 44 of the main frame.

lThis improved stencil is also capable of use in vconnection with a stencil sheet in which the address or inscription is cut in a stencil sheet which consists of but a single ply of material. Such a stencil sheet is shown at 45 in Fig. l2, the same beingprovided at its opposite ends with locking openings 46 which receive the` locking hooks 47 of the main frame and the intermediate field of the stencil being provided with the printing perforations 48 which are cut therein according to the address or other information required.

I claim as my invention:

l. A stencil comprising a frame member, a stencil sheet member, and means for detachably connecting said frame and sheet members, including an opening formed in one of said members and a lip arranged on the other member and engaging with said opening. y

2. A stencil comprising a frame provided at opposite ends with locking lips, and a stencil sheet provided at its opposite ends with openings which receive said lips.

3. A stencil comprising a frame provided at opposite ends with locking lips, and a stencil sheet provided at its opposite ends with openings which receive said lips, the outer ends of said lips being within the dimensional lines of said frame.

4. A stencil comprising a frame having a supporting extension, a stencil sheet, a record sheet, and means for detachably connecting said stencil sheet and record sheet with said frame and its extension.

5. A stencil comprising a frame having a locking lip, a stencil sheet having an opening which receives said lip, and a record sheet having a notch which receives said lip.

6. A stencil comprising a frame provided at its opposite' ends with locking lips, a

reereie stencil sheetJ provided at its opposite ends with openings which receive said lips, and a record sheet provided at its opposite edges with notches which receive said lips.

7. A stencil comprising a frame provided at its opposite ends with locking lips and also provided with a supporting extension, a

stencil sheet provided at its opposite ends with openings Which receive said lips, and a record sheet mounted on said extension and 110 having one end arranged between said frame and stencil sheet lend provided in opposite vedges with notches which receive said lips. GUY J. EVANS. 

